After Yuanhui and Changsun Sheng, Yang Jian was the marshal of the Shangshu Army of the Inner History Supervisor and the Ministry of Officials, and Daxi Changru was the head of the march, leading the army to rush to the aid to prevent the enemy from attacking from Lingzhou Road and Yuanzhou Road.

For this Turkic attack, Yang Yong really wanted to lead the army in person, but he knew that it was impossible, and he didn't mention it, he had been the prince in Chang'an for more than half a year, although he won the praise of the court, Yang Yong felt more suffocated, as the prince, he had to lead by example everywhere, and even the meals and meals had to be arranged according to the regulations, which was a torment for Yang Yong, who had been free and easy in his previous life.

Yang Jian himself usurped the throne as the prime minister, and he was most uneasy about the power of the prime minister, although he set the system of three provinces and six ministries, so that the three provinces checked and balanced each other, he was still worried about the loss of power, and he had to care about almost everything, he only slept for three hours a day, and most of the rest of the time was spent on official business.

Yang Jian is energetic, but Yang Yong is only fifteen years old, when he is still growing up, he can't help but yawn when he stays up late, Yang Yong really has nothing to say about Yang Jian's diligence, maybe there is only one Zhu Yuanzhang who can be compared to the emperor of later generations, Yang Yong never wants himself to be the same in the future, but in the face of Yang Jian's sensitivity to power, he can't be reminded even if he is the prince.

As soon as Yu Qingze and Da Xi Changru set out to fight, the government was even more complicated, the front-line war was reported three times a day, Yang Jian was so busy that he couldn't get out, and he couldn't even rest for three hours a day, Yang Jian was still sympathetic to Yang Yong, and he didn't ask Yang Yong to follow suit, although Yang Yong wanted to maintain the image of a filial son in Yang Jian's heart, he had no choice but to use his still developing physical condition. Even if you learn internal skills, you can't do it, instead of yawning in front of Yang Jian and destroying your image, it is better to be happy to rest, so it is easier than before the war.

After the morning dynasty on this day, Yang Yong stayed in the side hall as usual and accompanied the emperor with Gao Ying, Yuan Yan and others to deal with political affairs, and there was a messy footstep outside, and everyone looked up at the door, knowing that there must be another military report. Sure enough, outside the door, two guards of the forbidden army immediately helped a messenger into the main hall, the messenger was already tired and panting, as soon as he entered the main hall, when the two forbidden soldiers put him down, the messenger immediately collapsed on the ground, and could not even kneel down.

"Report to the emperor. Marshal Yu Qing reported to the emperor on the urgent military situation, Lingzhou Road and Yuanzhou Road have fallen, our army is now in Yuanzhou Road, the Turkic army is divided into three roads to the south, our army is outnumbered, can not resist one by one, please send reinforcements as soon as possible. ”

Hearing this bad news, everyone screamed, and Yang Jian even stood up from his chair: "Really? ”

The messenger repeats it again. Yang Jiancai waved his hand and motioned for the two forbidden troops to help the messenger down to rest, but he didn't expect that this time the Turks marched so quickly, and the Sui army had no time to meet the enemy, and the two places had been lost. The wonju road is Pinggao County, but this fortress was breached twice by the Turks in a few years.

I heard that Wonju Road had fallen. Yang Yong thought of it in his heart, and first thought that Dipinggao County was the gateway to Gyeonggi, and there were many cronies arranged by Yang Yong in the counties below Yuanju Road, hoping that they could escape the killing of the Turks, otherwise if they were all killed in battle, Yang Yong would almost want to cry without tears, and said urgently: "Who is defending Pinggao County?" Damn it! ”

Yu Qingze and Da Xi Changru led the army to set off only a few days, and the loss of Lingzhou Road and Yuanzhou Road naturally has nothing to do with the two, and Pinggao County has just been built, so the precipitousness of this place. No matter how disparity in the number of troops is, there is no problem in holding it for dozens of days, but I didn't expect it to fall without even holding it for ten days.

Faced with Yang Yong's questioning. Yang Jian had a hint of embarrassment on his face, in fact, if it was still Daxi Changru appointed by Yang Yong to defend Pinggao County, Pinggao County would definitely be extremely stable now, but Yang Jian thought that Pinggao County had been built, and there would be no more risks, so he transferred Daxi Changru and replaced him with a distant relative of the Dugu clan as a general.

After Yang Jian ascended to the pole, he learned the lesson that the Great Zhou Dynasty did not have a strong sect to consolidate the foundation, and the princes of Dafeng had the same surname, Shao Gong Yang Hui was named King Teng, Yang Shuang of An Gong was named King of Wei and Yongzhou Mu, Yang Hong was the King of Hejian, his nephew Yang Jing was the King of Dao, Yang Zhiji was the King of Cai, and Yang Xiong was ......

In addition to Yang Yong is the crown prince, the other four sons were crowned kings and in charge of local affairs before they reached adulthood, Yang Guang was crowned King of Jin and the governor of the state, the third son Yang Jun was named the king of Qin and the governor of Luozhou, the fourth son Yang Xiu was the king of Yue and the governor of Yizhou, and the fifth son Yang Liang was the king of Han.

In addition to the Yang family, the Dugu family has also risen, many people have not only been promoted, but also obtained a real shortage, that is, Yuan Xiaoju can accept Yang Yong's position as the Tokyo Tsukasa Zai, and it is also stained with the light of Yang Yong's father-in-law, but there is still a little difference between Yuan Xiaoju and Yang Jian, and he did not let him serve as the head of Luoyang, but replaced it with his third son Yang Jun, and Yuan Xiaoju restrained each other.

It's just that I didn't expect the Dugu clan relatives to be so unsuccessful, and the results of nepotism were immediately revealed, losing Pinggao County is equivalent to opening the door to the Gyeonggi Strongland, and the strategy of dragging the Turkic army in the past, and then dividing and disintegrating is almost bankrupt, if the Turks are allowed to invade the Gyeonggi Strongland, it will definitely be greatly encouraged by the Turks, and then the previous strategy must be implemented, which is many times more difficult than before.

Yang Yong didn't know who the general of Pinggao County was, but Gao Ying knew it very well, he swept the embarrassment on Yang Jian's face, and hurriedly said: "Prince Yu, now is not the time to find out who is responsible for the loss of Pinggao County, the top priority at the moment is to send reinforcements to resist the Turkic army in three ways."

Yang Jian finally got rid of the embarrassment on his face: "Yes, yes, what Gao Aiqing said is reasonable, let's talk about it, who can meet the enemy?" ”

Yang Yong also wanted to say more, seeing that Gao Ying glanced at him twice, knowing that there was something strange in it, he had to put this matter aside: "Father, you can order Yu Qingze and Daxi Changru to re-exit Yuanzhou, waiting for the opportunity to take it back, Yang Hong, the king of Hejian, went out of Lingzhou with his army, blocked the Turkic army, Pinggao County was lost, and the Turks could still march from Ningzhou, and the father was elected to hold Ningzhou." ”

Originally, Guo Zisheng of Ningzhou Rashi was Wei Chi's old subordinate, Yang Yong on the way back to Beijing last time, Guo Zisheng did not follow the will of the court, tried to prevent Yang Yong's Xuanlong Army from returning to Beijing, and was taken down by Yang Yong

Year. Whether the city could be held under the pressure of the Turkic army was a big question.

Yang Jian nodded, agreed to Yang Yong's proposal, and turned to Gao Ying: "Gao Aiqing, you see who should defend Ningzhou." ”

Gao Ying counted the generals in the court, either they were too old, or they were facing Chen Guo in the south, and he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, so he had to say: "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to go to Ningzhou." ”

"Okay, okay." Yang Jian naturally also likes Gao Ying. Gao Ying was re-appointed as the head of the march, and 5,000 troops were transferred from Chang'an, plus a total of 50,000 troops from other states, to Ningzhou.

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Although the Turks were violent, as Changsun Sheng said, the several roads were not in unison, and the attack on the Great Sui Lingzhou was Sha Bolu's uncle Datou Khan. The attack on Ningzhou Province was carried out by Sha Bolu's cousin Apo Khan Da Luoben, and after Yang Hong and Gao Ying's reinforcements arrived, these two groups not only did not continue the attack, but retreated a little distance and disengaged from the Great Sui army.

Only Yu Qingze and Da Xi Changru faced the 150,000 army led by Sha Bolu himself, and Sha Boluo completely ignored the reinforcements from the Great Zhou Dynasty and attacked fiercely, and Shangjun, Honghua, Yan'an and other counties were in a hurry.

After Gao Ying left, the left and right servants of Shangshu Province were not there, and all Shangshu departments had to report to Yang Yong for everything. Yang Yong also had to go out early and return late, spending a lot of time to assist Yang Jian in handling official business, and the military intelligence aid in front was constantly sent to Chang'an, facing an army of more than 100,000 in Sha Bo. Although Yu Qingze and Da Xi Changru are both people who are proficient in the art of war, they are also more defeated and less victorious, every morning when the court discusses the military, officials at all levels are worried on their faces, only Yang Yong has been calm and composed, and everyone is secretly praised: the prince's bearing is really extraordinary.

Yang Yong was able to be so calm, naturally he knew that the Great Sui had at least thirty or forty years of national fortune, and now he didn't have to worry about the Turks coming to Chang'an, and sure enough, Yu Qing and Daxi Changru saw that the Turks were invincible. The tactics were used flexibly, and the Turks were engaged in battles with the Turks in places that were difficult and unfavorable for cavalry combat, and both sides won and lost. Began to form a pull.

At present, the court has implemented the uniform land system throughout the country, and has lightly rumored that the tax is thin, and the law of opening the emperor has been formulated, and the national strength is thriving, and it will be stronger every day, although the Turks have seriously damaged the border of the Great Sui, they cannot shake the national capital of the Great Sui, and the last thing that the Great Sui is afraid of is the war of pulling the stronghold.

More than a month later, Changsun Sheng finally came to the north of Xi, Xi and other tribes with gifts, when the eldest grandson set off from Chang'an, although the autumn wind has risen, but it is still extremely hot, to the north, at this time it is already a cold wind, the person is frozen to shiver.

In Xi and Xi's second department, Changsun Sheng saw a bleak and bleak scene, because of the Turkic expedition to the Great Sui, the cattle, sheep and livestock of Xi and Xi were looted, and most of the middle-aged men were driven to the battlefield by the Turks. There were only a few women and children left in the camp, and Changsun Sheng was obviously a step late, and even with the support of the Second Division, they were completely incapable of raising an incident in the Turkic rear.

However, Changsun Sheng still met with the chiefs of Xi and Xi, and the chiefs were overjoyed when they heard that the Great Sui had come, they had suffered from Turkic plunder, and they had already been centrifuged; Due to the outbreak of the war, the Turks were overloaded with oppression, which aroused the rebellion of the two tribes, they were located on the edge of the Khitan tribes, and naturally knew that the Khitan tribes had changed, and the Khitan took refuge in the Great Sui, although they lost their freedom, but they were also a lot stronger, and they got many benefits, on the contrary, the Turks only kept squeezing them, and they were naturally willing to give up the Turks and go to the Sui.

It's just that in the past, the two departments themselves were small and weak, and they didn't dare to resist at all, but now the Great Sui is coming, and there are Khitan people to help, and the chiefs of the two departments are bold and strong, and they greet the eldest grandson with a grand welcome ceremony, but when they see the crowd welcoming themselves, the eldest grandson Sheng is even more bitter, and the men of the two departments of Xi and Xi are less than twenty percent of the left.

After the gold, silver, and silk brought by Changsun Sheng were given to them on behalf of the Great Sui Emperor, Xi and Xi were even more overjoyed, and signed an oath to form an alliance with the Sui family to jointly deal with the Turks without any words. Hearing that the eldest grandson was a Xianbei person, the chiefs of Xi and Xi also had a blood relationship with the eldest grandson Sheng. Claiming that they are also descendants of the Xianbei people, to this day, they go to the Gaxian Cave in the mountains of Ganhe every year to worship the ancestors of Xianbei.

Gaxian Cave is in the upper reaches of the Gan River, the halfway up the cliff on the east side of Gaxian Valley, it is a huge natural stone room, the indoor can accommodate thousands of people, it is said that the Xianbei people originated in this cave, Emperor Taiwu of Wei Tuoba had sent the servant to shoot the six officials of the library to worship the ancestors here, it is the holy land of all Xianbei people.

If it weren't for the urgency of the matter, Changsun Sheng would really go to Gaxian Cave to pay homage, but Xi and Xi did not have the strength, and Changsun Sheng's first task at the moment was to contact Luo Hou, so he had to refuse the kindness of Xi and Xi and leave with the rest of the gold and silver property.

Originally, half of these treasures were given to the two tribes, but seeing that their strength was too weak, and the young and strong people in the clan had already followed the Turks to face the invasion of the Great Sui, Changsun Sheng had an extra heart, and only gave them less than a quarter, although the chiefs of the two tribes were slanderous, but they did not dare to make up their minds.

Changsun Sheng passed through the territory of Xi Xi and Xi to Tuli after setting up a tooth tent. At the beginning of the war, Sha Bolu ordered Luo Hou to go to the Khan Court of the Great Khan of Dujin Town, re-authorized Luo Hou Ye Hu, and gave him the task of staying in the camp, Changsun Sheng had to start the long journey again, and arrived at the Khan Court of Dujin at the end of November, at this time it had snowflakes on the grassland, and there was snow everywhere.

For the arrival of Changsun Sheng, Chu Luohou was not as enthusiastic as Changsun Sheng in the Turks, after he politely received Changsun Sheng, he arranged Changsun Sheng in a tent, although every day good wine and meat hospitality, in fact, Changsun Sheng was placed under house arrest, Changsun Sheng was immediately worried about Zhong Zhong, Chu Luohou treated him like this, it can only show that the Turks got a lot of advantage on the front line.